| Application Number | M/25/01319/PIP |
| Status | Application Refused |
Planning Online Status
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Application
Valid04/09/2025 -
Consultation
End25/09/2025 -
Committee
MeetingN/A -
Decision Refusal -
Decision
Date30/09/2025 -
Appeal
Started05/11/2025 -
Appeal
DecisionAllowed
| Summary | |
| Application Number | M/25/01319/PIP |
| Location Address | Land At (Os 8184 6034) Sinton Green Hallow |
| Proposal | Permission in Principle for a minimum of 3 no. and maximum of 4 no. dwellings |
| Status | Refusal |
| Application Type | Permission in Principle |
| Appeal Decision | Allowed |
| Important Dates | |
| Application Received Date | 21/08/2025 |
| Application Valid Date | 04/09/2025 |
| Consultation Start Date | 11/09/2025 |
| Site Visited / Site Notice Date | |
| Consultation End | 25/09/2025 |
| Advert Expiry | |
| Committee Date (if applicable) | |
| Committee Agenda | |
| Decision Date | 30/09/2025 |
| Further Information | |
| Expected Decision Level | Delegated |
| Case Officer | Jack Hanly |
| Parish | Grimley CP |
| Ward | Hallow & Holt Ward |
| Applicant | Mr Lloyd |
| Agent | Mr Dan Stiff |
| Agent Address | Boughton Butler Ltd 30 Sansome Walk Worcester WR1 1LX |
| Condition Details / Information Notes |
| Future occupiers of the proposed development would be poorly connected to key services by sustainable travel modes and heavily reliant on a motor vehicle due to the location of the application site in relation to key residential amenities, the poor standard of the local walking and cycling environment, and the limited nature of local bus services. Therefore, the proposed development would occupy an unsustainable location, contrary to Policies SWDP 2 and SWDP 4 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan (2016) and the National Planning Policy Framework. |
| The proposed development, due to its location, land use and amount, would interrupt the open nature of the space between those buildings located within the development boundary to the west of the application site and those located within the open countryside to the east of the application site. This existing gap plays a vital role in ensuring that overall, the local area continues to possess a dispersed settlement pattern. The proposed development would reduce the size of this gap and would therefore disrupt the inherent pattern of settlement dispersal within this part of the locality. As such, it is considered that the proposed development would have a detrimental impact on the character and appearance of the local area by way of its location, land use and amount, contrary to Policies SWDP 21 and SWDP 25 of the South Worcestershire Development Plan (2016), the South Worcestershire Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (March 2018) and the National Planning Policy Framework. |
| Positive and Proactive Statement. In dealing with the application the Council has implemented the requirement in paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive way. We have made available detailed advice in the form of our statutory policies in the Development Plan and Supplementary Planning Documents and provided the applicant with the opportunity to engage with the Council's pre-application advice service. Despite these efforts, the Council still consider that permission in principle should be refused for the reasons set out within the decision notice. |
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Consultation Responses
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In addition to consultations with the consultee listed, we will publicise the application in accordance with national requirements and our local policy. This publicity usually takes the form of letters to nearby properties, the posting of site notices and/or the placing of a public notice in our local newspapers.
| Address | Sent | Reply Received |
|---|---|---|
| Sinton Farm Bungalow Sinton Green Hallow WORCESTER WR2 6NP | 24/09/2025 | |
| Threeways Sinton Green Hallow WORCESTER WR2 6NW | 26/09/2025 | |
| 2 Court Cottages Sinton Green Hallow WORCESTER WR2 6NP | 10/09/2025 | |
| Grimley Peace Hall Sinton Green Hallow WR2 6NP | 05/09/2025 |
Consultee List
| Name | Organisation | Sent | Reply Due | Reply Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cllr Dean Clarke | Hallow & Holt Ward | 05/09/2025 | 19/09/2025 | |
| Drainage Engineer | Engineers - S.W. Land Drainage Partnership | 05/09/2025 | 19/09/2025 | 10/09/2025 |
| Highways | County Highways | 05/09/2025 | 19/09/2025 | 05/09/2025 |
| MHDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity Officer | MHDC Natural Heritage & Biodiversity | 05/09/2025 | 19/09/2025 | |
| MHDC Tree and Landscape Officer | MHDC Tree and Landscape Officer | 05/09/2025 | 19/09/2025 | |
| Mrs Lisa Stevens | Grimley Parish Council | 05/09/2025 | 19/09/2025 | 16/09/2025 |
| Worcestershire & Herefordshire LMC Ltd | Local Medical Committee | 05/09/2025 | 19/09/2025 | |
| Aidan Smyth | MHDC Archaeology & Planning Advisor | 11/09/2025 | 25/09/2025 | |
| WRS - Contaminated Land and Nuisance | Worcestershire Regulatory Services | 11/09/2025 | 25/09/2025 | 11/09/2025 |
Constraints List
| Constraints List |
| SWDP 5: Protect and Enhance |
| Paper: Berrows Journal - Thursday |
| CIL009 - Non-Urban Area |
| Outside SWDP Development Boundary |
| Water Supply. If Major Application consultation required with Severn Trent (Welsh Water if in Bockleton Parish) |
| SWDP 15: Designated Rural Areas |
| SWDP 2: Development Boundary |
| Surface Water: 1 in 1000 extent |
| Surface Water: 1 in 100 extent. |
| Appeals Information | |
| Number | M/25/01319/PIP |
| PINS Appeal Ref | 6001340 |
| Method | Written Representations Procedure |
| Start date | 05/11/2025 |
| LPA Final Comments Due | 24/12/2025 |
| Interested Party Comments Due | 10/12/2025 |
| Inquiry Date | |
| Venue | |
| Decision | Allowed |
| Issue Date | 11/06/2026 |
https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx?caseid=6001340
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